Double vs. single drainboard sink?

9 years ago

I posted this as a comment in another discussion but decided I should start one of my own. I'm considering putting an antique drainboard sink in the butler's pantry/scullery of our new house, and I wonder if a double-drainboard (single-basin) sink would be overkill. I plan to have a sink for hand-washing in the kitchen itself of course, but I'd prefer not to give up counter space for an integrated drainboard. And sometimes I'll have bulky items that need to soak or that I need to put out of the way for time-being. The main advantage I could see for having two drainboards is putting dirty items on one side and clean on the other (and thus have room to use the sink itself); but is there an advantage beyond cost/space of having just one drainboard if there is room for two? This may seem a silly question but it's possible there are considerations I haven't thought of.

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doc5md

9 years ago

We had a HUGE drain board sink in our butler pantry in our old house. It was original to the 1900 Victorian. I actually loved it a lot. Dual side is nice for dirty on one side and clean on the other. I don't really know of another benefit. But we loved that sink!

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ILoveRed
9 years ago

detailaddict...there are stainless steel sinks with built in drain boards in addition to the antique sinks if you are interested.

show us the kitchen/scullery part of your plan.
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detailaddict
Original Author
9 years ago
I actually do not like stainless so this has not been among the options. I tried to post a schematic but I was told my post was too long(?).
detailaddict
Original Author
9 years ago
I'll try posting separately...
ILoveRed
9 years ago
What a nice pantry!

where do you plan to put the sink? Where will your sink be in the kitchen?

looks like a nice plan.
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detailaddict
Original Author
9 years ago
The pantry sink would be next to the door coming from the kitchen, and there will likely be a run of countertop along that wall as well. The kitchen sink will be under the pass-through on the right. I'm also including a small prep sink in the island.

I am pleased with how the floorplan is turning out...We've been working with Jim Winer of Make3 Architecture to design the house. My current kitchen is tiny and open and I'm looking forward to having a "girl cave" with plenty of work and storage space.
ILoveRed
9 years ago
It looks good. I know what you mean. Im excited about my kitchen. My dh bribed me with it to get me to build again. Did you know there is a kitchen forum?
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detailaddict
Original Author
9 years ago
I guess I thought this was posting to the three topics I selected, one of which was kitchens...I haven't posted here in a while and the Houzz gods seem to have changed how it works. What forum am I in?
One Devoted Dame
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
This thread is in Building a Home.

Here's a link to Kitchens :-)
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southeasthouse
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I am literally just figuring out how these boards work, too! I think I have finally figured it out.

The issue is that you posted this from the Houzz Forums, which allows you to tag 3 different sub-forums. So in the Houzz Forums, this thread is posted in those 3 sub-forums.

But the Gardenweb Forums don't allow you to tag posts. So, by default, your topic is posted in the first sub-forum you tagged. In this case, you tagged "Building a Home" first, so that is the only sub-forum where this thread is posted on the Gardenweb side of things.

Many (most?) of the active kitchen posters view these forums from the Gardenweb side. So they don't see this thread posted in the Kitchens sub-forum there.

In the future, you can post directly to the Gardenweb Kitchens forum, which One Devoted Dame linked to above. Or just be certain to tag "Kitchens" first when posting to the Houzz forums.
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